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Commentary for I Kings 3:3

וַיֶּאֱהַ֤ב שְׁלֹמֹה֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה לָלֶ֕כֶת בְּחֻקּ֖וֹת דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֑יו רַ֚ק בַּבָּמ֔וֹת ה֥וּא מְזַבֵּ֖חַ וּמַקְטִֽיר׃

And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father; only he sacrificed and offered in the high places. .

Rashi on I Kings

And Shlomo loved Adonoy, he conformed to the decrees of his father Dovid. [During the first] four years, before beginning to build the Beis [Hamikdosh]. But once he began to build and Shlomo married Pharaoh’s daughter, consequently it states, “for as a provocation of anger and of fury has this city has been to me from the day that they built it until this day.”5Yirmiyahu 32:31. Thus we learned in Seder Olam. We learn that the passages are not written in chronological order.
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Rashi on I Kings

Upon improvised altars he brought sacrifices. The text discusses his dishonor, [this occurred] because he delayed the construction of the Beis [Hamikdosh] four years.6Alternatively, Shlomo desired to attain prophetic revelation by offering sacrifices.—Ralbag
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